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These 80 species fall into two groups: baleen and toothed. A type of baleen whale, humpback whales reach up to 50 feet long. Talia Romito and Sophie Webb/Courtesy of NOAA. Called mysticetesâa word derived from the Greek for âmustacheâ and âwhalesââbaleen whales are toothless.
Baleen whales (whales without teeth) are members of the Mysticeti suborder. Toothed whales, like the sperm whale, along with all the dolphins and porpoises, make up the suborder Odontoceti. Altogether, the two suborders contain over eighty known species, further separated into thirteen different families.